Category Archives: climate science

Trends in Maximum and Diurnal temperatures in Australia

Posted on March 17, 2023 by Clive Best

The last post showed that there was little change in the timing of, or the seasonal maximum of temperatures in Australia.  Here I look at the long term trends  in 3 different locations Yongala in SA,  Alice Springs in central … Continue reading →

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Climate Sensitivity to CO2

Posted on November 9, 2022 by Clive Best

The decadal trend in global temperatures shows  a clear almost linear increase since the 1970s. We can compare this increase to that of CO2 in the atmosphere. One sees a nearly proportional agreement between temperature and CO2 after ~1970. However … Continue reading →

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Decadal Temperature Update

Posted on October 29, 2022 by Clive Best

Long term temperature trends are best visualised on decadal timescales. This is because it smooths out short term local effects caused for example by ENSO and other ocean oscillations. My method to achieve this in a consistent way uses an … Continue reading →

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